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More choices and control of streaming media

Kenwood's KDC-BT555U CD receiver gives you more choices in streaming music. Once you plug your iPhone® into the front USB input or connect your Android™ or Blackberry via Bluetooth®, you'll enjoy easy access to the musical resources of Pandora® Internet radio and iHeart Radio. You'll also be able to tap into Aha Radio, with its personalized on-demand stations that run the gamut from news to talk to music.

The KDC-BT555U works with your iPhone or Android for Internet radio access.

The advantage of Bluetooth

This Kenwood's built-in Bluetooth also frees up your hands and attention when you take a call — and pairing your phone is easier and faster than ever, thanks to Simple Secure Pairing. Connect an iPhone equipped with Siri to the receiver, and you can use voice commands to look up and dial numbers without lifting a finger. Plus, you can stream audio from any smartphone source to the receiver without the clutter of wires.

Command your digital music libraries

If you're replacing your factory radio, you'll notice a big improvement in sound quality, courtesy of this Kenwood's 24-bit digital-to-analog converter and its robust built-in amplifier. You'll also be impressed by the user-friendly controls — plug your iPod® into the receiver's front-panel USB input, and you'll be flicking through your albums, artists, and playlists in a few seconds. If you've got lots of music on your iPod, you'll love the dedicated "Search" and "Return" keys that simplify your search when you want to hear a particular song or album.

Want to keep your car's steering wheel audio controls?

In most vehicles, you can use an adapter (not included) to connect your vehicle's steering wheel controls to this Kenwood stereo. Connect a few wires, then program the adapter for your particular car and this Kenwood, and you'll retain the convenience of your steering wheel controls. Check the "Accessories" tab for compatible adapters.

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Why replace your factory radio?

Two good reasons - sound quality and cool features. A new car stereo offers power that's superior to most factory radios, along with more sophisticated tone controls. And most car stereos offer built-in or optional features that add safety and fun to life in your car, including inputs for your iPod or MP3 player, Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free cell phone calls, satellite radio or HD Radio reception, and connections for building an audio system in your car.

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Just can't get my ipod loud enough

Written By wendy, Kansas on Tuesday, December 02, 2014

"Coolness Factor"

Build Quality

Ease of Use

Sound Quality

Value

And then the radio is so loud it scares me half to death! My family got this for me to listen to podcasts, presentations, books, etc. during commute but I struggle with the volume level from any of my devices.

Pros:Changing colors is fun and can be a giant mood ring! Hands free works well. Bluetooth has paired easily with multiple devices. We have bought multiple radios/players from Crutchfield and they always are easy to choose by catalog or website are a great value, and arrive promptly.

Cons:As others have said not very intuitive. I still have to cycle thru a few settings each time because I can't remember how to set channels. Nothing I can't live with if I could just get the whole sound thing figured out.

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I've always been a fan of Kenwood products and the features of this model along with the great price are hard to beat. I purchased this for my 16 year old son who was using a very poor excuse for an FM transmitter to listen to music from his iPHONE. The Bluetooth capabilities along with the ability for him to control his iPHONE from the radio makes me more comfortable with him talking on his phone since its now virtually hands free. Great radio and Crutchfields installation kit with instructions made the swap easy.

Great Unit

Great little unit. Replaced factory radio in a 2006 Ford Escape. Dropped right in (I used the ISO Din option with the supplied mounting kit) and had tunes in no time. Menus are easy to navigate, though I did have the manual open for the initial set-up. Bluetooth works great, I located the microphone in the center of the dash above the radio and it picks up my voice with no problems. With BT Audio on and my phone on music player I can skip forward and back tracks in my library and the unit even controls Pandora. Both work better than I expected.

There is an app you can install on your Android phone (I have a Galaxy S4) from Kenwood, and it did a great job finding all the music on my phone. I hangs on songs during playback. I stick with the Android music player and everything is fine, including the unit displaying the track info.

Pandora works great, but I have not figured out how to change stations. I can skip tracks fine, thumbs-up or thumbs-down a track and scroll through song info just fine.

I highly recommend this unit to anyone looking for a nice upgrade to a factory system. I don't think it is something I would compete in IASCA with, but for a decent upgrade with ease of use, decent power and great features this thing is a bargain indeed!

Pros:Great looking
Easy to use / easy to set-up
Pandora control through BT
Music library control though BT
Mic for phone works great and everyone says it does a good job at noise cancelling

Cons:Kenwood Android app doesn't seem to work (though Android music player works great)
Can't change stations on Pandora, but does everything else on Pandora just fine

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For the first time with my purchases with you, Crutchfield had limited information about installation in a 2007 Hyundai Sonata. They were very honest about this but were quite sure it would fit. And they were right. Did not even have to re-do the wiring. The Hyundai came with a Kenwood from the factory and the plug matched. Wanted this unit for the hands free bluetooth. No problems. easy install and works great!

Kenwood KDC-BT555U

INSTALLATION WAS SIMPLE , following your instrctions and the manufacturer's mafe this so easy and the time to innstall was minutes. The unit performance to-date is excellant. The accessories you sent to complete the installation were perfect fit and so easy to install.

Great product! Bluetooth is the ticket.

I drive about 40k miles a year. When the existing Sony stereo in my Toyota Matrix started to fail, I started to research stereos that had Bluetooth capability for phone use. Using Crutchfield was a no-brainer, they have great prices and outstanding customer service. As to the Kenwood stereo, installation was a breeze, including hiding the mic just above the rearview mirror. Great features and sound, and the bluetooth feature for phone use is fantastic. It was easy to setup for the primary phone. Still haven't figured out how to set my wife's phone up as the secondary. Listening to music or lectures from my iPod touch via the bluetooth is also a big plus. I am loving this stereo. You can get a headache researching all the different stereo options, but I kept coming back to the KDC-BT555U. It had an affordable price, great features, fewer complaints, and fewer issues than other stereos with the features that were of interest to me. The fit and finish were perfect and, with the kit that Crutchfield sent, it looks like a professional install.

Pros:Bluetooth features! Ease of installation. Sound quality.

Cons:The radio reception is fine, but not quite as strong as the stereo it replaced.

Great Upgrade

I bought this receiver for my daughter's 2005 Honda. The original factory stereo was ok but did not have Bluetooth or USB like the Kenwood. In her state, hands free is required for telephone use by the driver and this completely fits the bill.

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bluetooth works great.. answer calls or retrieve numbers from your phone book. connected easily with our galaxy s4 s. usb port can be used to charge phone. external microphone works well on steering column.

Pros:good bluetooth, radio is ok for the price its a great deal. I bought a second unit for my Dakota.

Nice unit

Nice unit paired with efficient ken wood 5 1/4 speakers makes a nice upgrade in my daughters 2001 Cherokee. Been dealing with crutch field since the eighties and they still rock for value and quality products and support. A+++++

Kenwood KDC-BT555U

I needed an inexpensive, but decent quality head unit to replace the dinosaur unit that came with my RV. Installation was a piece of cake and the unit fired right up. Controls are straightforward, display is awesome and 2 Bluetooth devices can connect at once. Awesome!

Pros:Hands free in the RV. Crazy colored display. 2 devices via Bluetooth simultaneously. USB and aux input on the front of the unit.

Great Value

Great radio! Easy to use features and easy to install on my 2005 Jeep Wrangler. Although the first radio sent to me had problems, Crutchfield was very fast to respond with a replacement. Not total sure of mproblem, Crutchfield sent me a new radio and satillite receiver. Sparky at Crutchfield was great in helping me with what I wanted.

Love this radio

Very good sounding unit with a lot of great features for the money. I love the blue tooth audio with on radio controls. I also love the blue tooth phone. It mutes the audio so you can answer calls hands free. The supplied microphone works well and has good sound quality. You won't be disappointed.

Best full featured unit for the money

This was more than I expected. I like the hands free calling, the siriusXM is sweet also (with seperate adapter). And with Pandora controls I find myself constantly switching between all of them, so much variety to listen to. I also like that I can choose a color to match my dash or just let the colors scroll through and enjoy the light show. Crutchfield makes it a great experience to install by throwing in all the items and tools to get the job done with little effort. I didn't have to call them but it's a good feeling knowing they are on standby if I needed them.

Don't Shop @ those other places.

I am extremely pleased with the product, price, and service. Outstanding value! This product took 2 hrs to install and I needed to remove a bracket in the dash. All the staff and instructions made this install simple.